For over 60 years the Athens and Epidaurus Festival has been a highlight of the Greek summer, offering a diverse program of music, theater, dance and visual arts that take place at various venues around the city of Athens.

The festival showcases everything from theater productions by classical playwrights such as Sophocles to celebrating Greece’s culture heritage and according to tornosnews.gr, this years festival will “present a diverse program that has been described as youthful, alternative and political.”

Some of the events will take place this year at Piraeus 260, the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Onassis Cultural Center.

In addition, two performances at the ancient amphitheaters of Odeon Herodes Atticus and the Theater of Epidaurus are set to take place during the festival.